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Dorothy Dunnett quotes

Scottish Novelist August 25, 1923 – November 9, 2001

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Nobody ever,” said the Dowager sorrowfully, “credits me with normal thought processes. When a mysterious man creates a royal scandal on the banks of the Lake of Menteith with the keenest ears in Scotland strolling utterly oblivious—by her own account—in the locality, I begin to wonder. I also wonder when a delicately reared child sends a court into fits with a riddle which I invented myself. Dorothy Dunnett
Kate viewed him suspiciously. “I don’t see why I should abandon my entertainment because of your conscience.” “It isn’t quite conscience so much as horrified admiration,” said Lymond. Dorothy Dunnett
Faith, thought O’LiamRoe. And not a decent creature among them thought to say that the only rule in it is for a man to have a fine, steady seat for an elephant. Dorothy Dunnett
I must apologize for these damned entrances,’ said Francis Crawford of Lymond. ‘I feel Tom here never knows if he should send for a bishop or start a round of applause. Dorothy Dunnett
Tais-toi. Your glove. Madame Erskine, procure me a large pin,’ said the Queen Dowager of Scotland. ‘I have yet to meet a man who can lay hands on a pin when there is need for it. Dorothy Dunnett
So Philippa got her leave to bring Archie Abernethy with her and sail on the Dauphin. But they had not seen the woman Marthe before they left Lyons. And permission to sail from Marseilles depended still, Philippa was grimly aware, on whether or not the woman Marthe was found to be eligible. Kiaya Khtn, she imagined, would pass like a shot. Dorothy Dunnett
He regards boredom, I observe, as the One and Mighty Enemy of his soul. And will succeed in conquering it, I am sure—if he survives the experience. Dorothy Dunnett
Dorothy Dunnett quote: "Depose him? said Will Scott, astonished."
Depose him? said Will Scott, astonished. Dorothy Dunnett
Tuned to the din, O’LiamRoe and his deerhound heard the footfalls at once. Shaggy brindle next to hispid gold, the two Irish heads turned as Thady Boy Ballagh strolled over the grass. Dorothy Dunnett
Dorothy Dunnett quote: "Philippa, enviously, wished she could do the same, and then..."
Philippa, enviously, wished she could do the same, and then decided she would rather be interesting and sensitive. Dorothy Dunnett
Then Lymond’s voice, the chill gone, said, ‘Don’t be an ass, Jerott? You know I can’t do without you.’ It was an obvious answer. But it was also something Jerott had never had from Lymond before: an apology and an appeal both at once. Dorothy Dunnett
Dorothy Dunnett quote: "My dear, my dear,’ said Kate, but to herself. ‘I would give..."
My dear, my dear,’ said Kate, but to herself. ‘I would give you my soul in a blackberry pie; and a knife to cut it with. Dorothy Dunnett
Dorothy Dunnett quote: "I would give you my soul in a blackberry pie; and a knife to..."
I would give you my soul in a blackberry pie; and a knife to cut it with. Dorothy Dunnett
It seems to me,’ said Philippa prosaically, ‘that on the whole we run more risks with Mr Crawford’s protection than without it. Dorothy Dunnett
Dorothy Dunnett quote: "Where are the links of the chain ... joining us to the past?"
Where are the links of the chain ... joining us to the past? Dorothy Dunnett

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